Our climate experts

  • Orleans, Raisa
    Associate Vice President, Federal Affairs

    Areas of expertise: U.S. Congress, U.S. climate policy

  • Otaño Cruz, Abimarie
    Senior Manager, Energy Transition

    Areas of expertise: Energy transition, renewable energy, coral reef conservation and restoration, community-based initiatives and community integration.

  • Padilla, Lauren
    VoLo Senior Environmental Data Scientist II

    Areas of expertise: Air quality, environmental systems modeling, fate and transport, data science, sensors

  • Patton, Vickie
    General Counsel

    Areas of expertise: Law, climate change, air quality, clean energy

  • Pavlik Slenk, Yesh
    Senior Director, Climate Corps

    Areas of expertise: Climate Corps, corporate partnerships, corporate sustainability, community management, climate career mentoring

  • Peltz, Adam
    Senior Director and Lead Counsel, Energy Transition

    Areas of expertise: Oil & gas well integrity, oil and gas regulation, carbon capture and sequestration, orphan wells

  • Pereira, Andrea
    Manager, Corporate Climate Leadership

    Areas of expertise: Policy advocacy, partnerships, corporate sustainability and social responsibility

  • Piris-Cabezas, Pedro
    Senior Director, Global Transportation / Lead Senior Economist

    Areas of expertise: E.U. and global climate and energy policy, REDD+, aviation emissions, sustainable biofuels and the design of cap-and-trade programs.

  • Pottens, Ari
    Senior Campaign Manager, Canada

    Areas of expertise: Canadian climate policy and advocacy, Methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, Transition away from fossil fuels

  • Proville, Jeremy
    Senior Director, Economics

    Areas of expertise: Climate change, GIS, data visualization, remote sensing, land use change, environmental markets

  • Pusch, Jess
    Project Manager, Science & Innovation

    Areas of expertise: Justice-centered science, climate justice, environmental justice

  • Qiu, Ying
    Senior Director, People and Nature

    Areas of expertise: Natural resources management, climate mitigation and adaptation, environmental and climate policy

  • Ramirez Ballagas, Rohemir
    Director, Shipping and Transport

    Areas of expertise: International shipping and aviation emissions, carbon markets, alternative fuels

  • Rivera, Ismael
    Senior Manager, Sustainable Finance

    Areas of expertise: Disclosures, banks’ emissions, corporate engagement

  • Roback, Katie
    Project Manager, California Political Affairs

    Areas of expertise: Wildfires, advocacy, coalition-building, storytelling, project management and science communications

  • Roedner Sutter, Katelyn
    California Senior Director

    Areas of expertise: California climate policy, environmental justice, cap and trade, air quality, land use & transportation policy.

  • Rogers, Grace
    Manager, Climate Resilient Coasts and Watersheds

    Areas of expertise: Water resources management and policy, science-based decision-making, natural infrastructure, ecosystems, social sciences, stakeholder coordination

  • Rote, Morgan
    Associate Vice President of U.S. Fuels & Transportation

    Areas of expertise: Hydrogen, biofuels, e-fuels, international climate policy, clean energy innovation, economic analysis

  • Rutecki, John
    Regulatory and Legislative Manager, Appalachia

    Areas of expertise: State and federal energy policy, climate policy

  • Ryder-Rude, Meredith
    Associate Vice President, Global Engagement and Partnerships

    Areas of expertise: International development, global climate policy, climate adaptation and mitigation, sustainable finance, climate resilient development, multilateral climate negotiations, and private sector engagement, complex global challenges